Loren Davis Rogers (1832-1913) - Find a Grave Memorial

Loren Davis Rogers

Birth

20 Nov 1832

Chenango County, New York, USA

Death

21 Sep 1913 (aged 80)

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Burial

Pine Mound Cemetery

LaSalle County, Illinois, USA Add to Map

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Married March 25, 1855 to Catherine Heavener

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Obituary:
L.D. ROGERS, well known in Tampico where he had visited and made his home for the past five or six years intermittently, died last Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lydia OLWIN in Chicago. Death resulted from is advanced years and ulcers of the stomach with which he had suffered for some years although able to be about most of the time. There remains were taken from Chicago to Sandwich his old home where the funeral services were held Tuesday and interment was in the family lot in the Sandwich cemetery. The deceased would have been 83 of age in November. He was born in New York state and came west when a young man settled near Sandwich. He was considered a good, shrewd business man and by his efforts had accumulated a fair share of this world's goods. He is survived by three children: Mrs. J.L. DARNELL of Tampico, Jared D. ROGERS of Plano, and Mrs. Lydia OLWIN of Chicago. Two brothers also survive: Stephen of Sandwich and Danile of Piper City. The following went to Sandwich Tuesday morning to attend the funeral: Mr. and Mrs. J.L. DARNELL, Earl, Clarence and Iona DARNELL, Mr. and Mrs. Roy DARNELL.

The funeral services of the late L. D. Rogers were held at the Latter Day Saints Church in this city on Tuesday, conducted by Elder Cooper of Plano, and the interment was in the Dickson Cemetery south of town. Mr. Rogers died in Chicago on Sunday (September 21, 1913). He is survived by two brothers, Stephen Rogers, of Sandwich, and David Rogers, of Piper City, and three sisters, Mrs. Jeanette Rathbone, Mrs. Melvina Heavenor and Mrs. Mary Partridge; and one son, Jarred, of Plano; two daughters, Mrs. Rose Darnell of Tampico, and Mrs. Lydia Allwin of Chicago. He was born in Schango County, NY November 20, 1831. Mr. Rogers came here in an early day and his first occupation was that of a teacher in the Sandy Bluff School, Later he became a farmer and was always prominent in the work of the Latter Day Saints Church. He was not given to publicity and at his request the arrangements for the funeral service were to be as simple as possible.

Source: Obituary for Loren Davis Rogers. Issue: September 25, 1913, Book 2, Microfilm# 23, Obit# 1913.09.10. Copies of Obituaries on Microfilm at the Sandwich District Library (Sandwich, IL 60548) from Local Papers. Comp. Kenneth Bastian